Klarinet Archive - Posting 000188.txt from 2007/10

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] New Product for Oiling Grenadilla Wood
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:43:12 -0400

Nancy,

I just bought a Patricola rosewood C clarinet. Did I miss a maintenance
instruction about oiling its bore so often? I didn't know that maintaining
rosewood would be any different from granadilla (which until now I've never
oiled).

Thanks for any information.

Karl

-----Original Message-----
From: eefer@-----.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 2:32 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] New Product for Oiling Grenadilla Wood

I never oiled my clarinets until after I bought my Patricola rosewoods.
They have

to be oiled every month or so when being constantly played. At the
suggestion of

Morrie Backun I used pure, food-grade almond oil. After the first use on
the

Patricolas I, too, noticed that "vibrancy" and so, used it on my "68 Buffet
R13.

Just yesterday I cleaned and lightly oiled the inside of my 4-month-old
Lebanc

Symphonie clarinets and mouthpieces (wooden) after a brutal Puccini opera
run.

They sound AND feel better today.

I haven't tried the Grenad-oil. I'd be interested in knowing if the good
doctor

thinks almond oil is equal to the Grenad-oil in performance. It has no
taste, but

it does have a faint sweet smell, like almonds.

Nancy (I like clean instruments!)

Nancy Buckman

Orchestra AACC

Opera AACC

Baltimore Flute Choir

Central MD Recorder Society

eefer@-----.com

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